Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

In this week's Regional Roundup, LeslieLopez, Regional Correspondent, The Straits Times breaks down the latest of Barisan Nasional's major electoral win in Saturday’s Johor state polls, why the Philippines waited 6 weeks before confronting the Chinese ambassador over a navy ship’s ‘illegal intrusion’, Vietnam’s unclear quarantine and testing rules which left international tourists confused and more.  Follow The Straits Times' Asian Insider Podcast channel - co-produced with Money FM 89.3 - like us and rate us: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/Ju4h  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Asian Insider newsletter.   Asian Insider videos: https://str.sg/JoVb SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/

Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish. In this week's episode, they discuss Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s announcement to step down from his post in March 2023, with eyes on his successor, China’s stand on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the country’s latest battle with Covid-19. Produced by: Tan Dawn Wei (dawntan@sph.com.sg) & Money FM's Breakfast Huddle team Edited by: Money FM 89.3's Dan Koh Follow China Perspective Podcast every Tuesday on our Asian Insider Podcast channel: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Websites: https://www.moneyfm893.sg/ http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Tan Dawn Wei's articles: https://str.sg/3xR7 Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover ST's special edition podcasts: Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2 Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn --- Discover more ST podcast series: Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7 Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m SG Extra: https://str.sg/wukR #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE Bookmark This!: https://str.sg/JWas The Big Story: https://str.sg/wuZe Lunch With Sumiko: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

Lee Kian Soon, CEO, Astral Asset Management explains why he's on a buying spree despite many other investors being spooked by concerns over Beijing’s close relationship with Russia, renewed regulatory risks and a dampened economic outlook with more cities under lockdown.

Insider, a B2B software-as-a-service startup headquartered in Singapore, has raised $121 million in a Series D funding round led by Qatar's sovereign-wealth fund at a valuation of $1.2 billion. And with these recent funds bringing it's valuation to US$1.22B, Insider has officially joined the ‘unicorn club’. Charles Tidswell, VP of Growth, SG/MY/HK, Insider shares how Insider is helping marketers connect customer data and how things will change for Insider after unlocking the unicorn status.  

Singapore Exchange-backed private market platform ADDX has set its sights on a transaction volume of US$1 billion by 2023, more than 6 times the volume of US$150 million achieved in 2021. Oi-Yee Choo, CEO, ADDX shares how ADDX is educating investors about the principles of investing in the world of digital currencies, and the role of blockchain in helping Singapore reclaim its position as a global capital markets investment hub.

From Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announcement to step down from his post next March, to eyes continuing to watch what China would do when it comes to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the country’s latest battle with Covid-19, Tan Dawn Wei, China Bureau Chief, The Straits Times gives an analysis of it all.  To read ST's predictions on China’s next leadership line-up, do head to this link. Follow The Straits Times' Asian Insider Podcast channel - co-produced with Money FM 89.3 - like us and rate us: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/Ju4h  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Asian Insider newsletter.   Asian Insider videos: https://str.sg/JoVb SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the shift in focus from the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine war to worsening Covid outbreaks in China, the US securities regulator's move to identify Chinese firms likely to be delisted from New York for not meeting auditing requirements, scammers hitting potential home renters by impersonating property agent, and more. 

Iris Pang, Chief Economist, Greater China, ING, discusses what China's biggest political event of the year, ‘Two Sessions’, mean for the climate and commodities.

Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States in this weekly podcast.  The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish. In this week's episode, the team discusses the freshly imposed sanctions on North Korea by the US, the impact of Russia's 'most favoured nation' trade status being revoked, and the latest on the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.  Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh (nirmal@sph.com.sg) & Money FM's The Breakfast Huddle team Edited by: Dan Koh Follow Washington Report every Monday on our Asian Insider Podcast channel: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Websites: https://www.moneyfm893.sg/ http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Nirmal Ghosh's articles: https://str.sg/JbxG Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover ST's special edition podcasts: Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2 Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn --- Discover more ST podcast series: Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7 Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m SG Extra: https://str.sg/wukR #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE Bookmark This!: https://str.sg/JWas The Big Story: https://str.sg/wuZe Lunch With Sumiko: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

Our neighbour, Malaysia, has a huge multi-billion ringgit problem that has been several years in the making. According to URA’s 3rd Quarter 2021 real estate statistics, at at the end of 3rd Quarter 2021, there was a total supply of 47,715 uncompleted private residential units (excluding ECs) in the pipeline with planning approvals. Cha-Ly Koh, Founder & CEO, Urbanmetry shares how the data Urbanmetry has collected and shared can help with building sustainable cities and what attributed to the transformation of her business from a B2C to a B2B business.